Desk breaking-plow.



PATBNTED MAY 8, 1906;

P. MGPERSON. DISK BREAKING l LOW. APPLICATION FILED P3118, 1906.

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INVENTOR A TTORNE Y5 UNITED s A as PATENT OFFICE.

PERRY McF ERSON, or REV RE, MISSOURI.

DISK B EAKING-mow.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PERRY MoFERsom'a citizen of the United States,residing at Re vere, in the countyof Clark and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Disk Breaking-Plow, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to disk breakin plows; and it has for itsobject'to simplif y w and improve the construction and operation of thisclass of plows.

With these and other ends in view, which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists [5 inthe improved construction and novel arrangement and combination ofparts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been '20 illustrated a simple andpreferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood thatno'lim tation is necessarily made to the precisestructural detailstherein exhibited, but

- that changes, alterations, and modifications within the sec e of theinvention may be made when desired.

- In the drawings, Fi ure 1 is a top plan view of a disk breakingplcordance with the prlnci les of the invention.

, 0 Fig. 2 is a detail side e evation illustrating the lifting mechanismfor the plow-frame.

- Fig. 3 is a detail elevation illustratinglthe adjusting mechanism forthe furroweel.

Corresponding parts inthe several figures 3 5 are indicated throughoutby'similar charac- 0 other; suitable material.

ters of reference.

A A main carrying-frame F is provided, which, as illustrated, is ofrectangular shape, said frame being constructed of metal, wood, or

One of the side members 1 of the frame is provided with a 5' ed W1 saidlever being provided with a stop membearin for a crank 2, carrying aland-wheel 3, said crank and land-wheel being adjustable means of alever 4., which is connectthe crank by means of a link or rod 5,

5 5 thereon by means of a pair of collars 31, having set-screws 32, andsaid sleeve is constructspecification of Letters Patent.

, h lio tionfll fl February 8,1900. Serial No. 300,140.

ow constructed in acwith bearings for a shaft 9, carrying Y Patented May8,1906;

ed with a segment-rack 33. 34 is a lever which. is pivoted upon thesleeve and is the rack 33. Said'lever 34 is connected, by means of alink 36, with the plow-frame F.

equipped with a stop member 35, engaging It will be seen that by roperlymanipulating the lever 34 the lowrame may be raised or lowered u on t eshaft 9 or that, conversely, the eadjng furrow-wheel may be raised orlowered,-as may be desired. The'rear cross-bar 11 of the frame isprovided with bearings for a shaft '12, havin at its lower end a crank13, provided wit a spindle 14, upon which the hind wheel or rearfurrow-wheel 14 is journaled. The 4 shafts 9 and 12 are provided witharms 15 and 16, which are connected with each other by means of alink-rod 17'. A tongue .or

steering member 18 is connected with the arm or crank 15. When the shaft9 is turned or oscillated in its bearings -b y means of the tongue orsteerin -rod-, motion will be transmitted by the lin rod 17 to the shaft12, carrymg the wheel 14, so that the wheels 10 and 14 willbeisimultaneously adjusted in I the proper direction to enable thecarryingframe to turn around corners when desired.

The side members 1 and 8 of the carryingframe are provided with bearingsin which are mounted a pair of crank-shafts 19, the

cranks of which, 20, are journaled in bearings upon a plow-carryingframe P, which latter;

is thus supported beneath the main carryingframe. The plow-frame P isprovided with outwardly-bulging side pieces 21, affording bearings for adiagonally-disposed shaft 22,

carrying the concavo-convex breaking-disks- 23, of which any desirednumber may be used, two such disks being shown in the drawings. Thedisks are-provided with-hubs or castings 22, whereby they may be securedupon the shaft, as by means of set-screws 23, extending through the hubsor castings. The disks are deeply cupped in order that the soil may beextensively engaged thereby, thus enabling hard and refractory soil tobe efiiciently operated upon. One of the side members 21 of the frame P,carries the scrapers or sod-turners 24, which engage the concave sidesof the disks for the urpose of assist ing in turning the soil. he frontend of the plow-frame is extended in advance of the main carrying-frame,and the front cross-bar 25 of said frame has been shown as provided witha plurality of apertures 26, with any one of which the draft may beconnected directly,

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,-'-members 21 o as by means of an evener or equalizer'bf ordnaryeonstruction. I I V The bearings 27, provided upon the side rymshaft 22, are preferably equipped with ant' iction-balls, as 28, for thepurpose of reducin friction and facilitating the operation of tiedevice.

' For the purpose of elevating the plow-cari 11 g vlde -upon*the frameF, one arm of said be l-crank frame 'for transportation there is proabell-crank lever L, which is ivoted lever being extended to form ahandle 36 and the other arm being connected by means of a link 37 withthe plow-carrying frame P. By manipulating this lever .it will be seenthat the plow-carrying frame may be raised or lowered, as will bestappear by reference Havin thus described the invention, what.

is claime is 1. In a device of the class described, a carrying-frame,rotary supporting means for said frame, crank-shafts supported by theside members of said'frame, a plow-frame.

the frame P- for the disk-earjournaled upon the cranks of said shaftsand having bulging side members, a diagonally- 5 disposed shaftjournaled in ball-bearings upon said side members, deeply-cupped disksupon said shaft, and scrapers or sod-turners supported upon one of theside members of the plow-frame and engaging the disks.

2. In a device of the class described, a carryin -frame having aland-wheel-carryin cran means for adjusting said crank an for retainingit in various positions, approximately vertical shafts supported by aside member and by the rear cross-bar of the frame, furrow-wheelscarried by spindles connected with said shafts, means for adjusting saidshafts to guide the carrying-frame, crank-shafts supported by the sidemembers of the carrying-frame, a plow-frame journaled upon the cranks ofsaid shafts and hav ing bulging side members, a diagonally-disposedshaft supported for rotation upon said side members, disks upon saidshaft, and scrapers or sod-turners supported upon one of the sidemembers of the plow-frame and engaging the disks.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PERRY MOFERSON.

Witnesses GEORG. M. HILLER, ROBERT JOHNSON.

